For those of you interested in non-clinical careers, career change, and physician consulting, here is the non-clinical physician profile of Edward G. Chekan, MD, FACS.
Dr. Chekan is a board-certified general surgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery. He completed his general surgery residency at Allegheny General Hospital in 1997, and then went on to Duke University for a two year fellowship in minimally invasive surgery. From Duke, he moved to Charlottesville, VA for three years as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The University of Virginia where he was very active in the training of laparoscopic fellows, surgical residents and medical students. From UVA, he moved to Pittsburgh as a private practice surgeon. Early in 2007, he joined Ethicon Endo-Surgery in Cincinnati, OH. His primary responsibilities at EES include creating and delivering lectures on anatomy and procedures for an international sales force. He is an active member within the product development process at EES and functions as a subject matter expert and scientific advisor. In addition to publishing several journal articles and book chapters on minimally invasive surgery, he has co-edited a textbook entitled The Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery. He is a fellow of The American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of The Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS) and The Southeastern Surgical Congress (SESC). Dr. Chekan has been invited to serve as a juror for the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) in Los Angeles, CA.
